PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Van Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaac Jose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Swanson
vs
Jose

190 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Van Swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Isaac Jose!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jose moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jose throws a right and a left that both miss.

Jose tries to keep at a distance but Van Swanson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jose should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Jose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jose is trying to break the clinch but Van Swanson is controlling him.

Van Swanson manages to break the clinch.
Van Swanson misses with a body kick.
Van Swanson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Jose does no damage.
Jose lands with a cross.
Jose bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Van Swanson's head.
Isaac Jose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick there by Van Swanson.
Jose feints a jab promting Van Swanson to slip. Jose then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Van Swanson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Swanson counters with a good low kick that Jose was not able to check.
Van Swanson dodges the punch combination from Jose.
Jose throws a nice looking combination but Van Swanson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jose looks to land a combination but Van Swanson avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Swanson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jose blocks a head kick by Van Swanson.
Jose throws a hook but Van Swanson avoids it easily.
Jose blocks a leg kick.
Jose lands a jab to the nose.
Jose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jose tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jose misses with a wild combination.
Jose scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jose swings for the body but Van Swanson moves out of range.
Jose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Swanson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Van Swanson dodges the punch combination from Jose.
Jose misses with a few strikes there.
Jose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Jose misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jose lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Swanson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jose looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jose takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Van Swanson thuds his shin into the meat of Jose's side.
Jose takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Swanson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jose. That did some damage!
Van Swanson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Swanson cracks the inside of Jose's front leg.
Jose slips under a jab.
Jose avoids a kick to the body.
Jose takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Van Swanson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Swanson throws a head kick but Jose moves out of range.
Van Swanson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jose.
Jose fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Swanson throws a right hand that Jose ducks under and follows up with a left that Jose also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jose throws a series of punches but Van Swanson avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Jose does no damage.
A combination from Jose does no damage.
Jose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Swanson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Swanson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Van Swanson scores with a four punch combination!
Jose throws a right hand that Van Swanson ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Swanson also avoids with ease.
Jose looks to land a combination but Van Swanson avoids it well.
Jose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Swanson counters with a head kick. That will keep Jose thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Van Swanson.
Jose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Swanson scores with a head kick. Jose tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Van Swanson pushes Jose up against the cage in a clinch.
Jose tries to break free but Van Swanson pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jose wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Swanson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jose's efforts to push away.

Van Swanson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jose scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Van Swanson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jose falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Swanson counters with an inside leg kick.
Jose throws a left and a right that both miss

and Van Swanson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Van Swanson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Jose. That snapped Van Swanson's head back.
Jose looks to throw the jab but Van Swanson is out of range.
Jose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Swanson circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Swanson throws a head kick but Jose moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Van Swanson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jose swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Van Swanson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van Swanson.
A frustrated look appears on Jose's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jose wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Swanson has him pressed against the cage.
Van Swanson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Van Swanson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Swanson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jose.
A jab from Van Swanson does it's job there.
Jose misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jose fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Swanson throws a right and a left that Jose avoids nicely.
Van Swanson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jose misses with the combination.
Van Swanson throws a push kick but Jose slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Swanson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Van Swanson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jose lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jose is breathing heavily.
Jose throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Van Swanson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jose is trying to break the clinch but Van Swanson has him pressed against the cage.
Jose has had enough of the clinch but Van Swanson keeps him there for the moment.
Jose wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Swanson has him pressed against the cage.

Van Swanson breaks from the clinch.
Van Swanson dodges the punch combination from Jose.
Jose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Swanson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Swanson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jose moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Swanson counters with a head kick. That will keep Jose thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jose takes one to the chin there.
Jose throws a combination that misses
and Van Swanson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Swanson throws a body punch but Jose moves out of range.
Jose swinging wildly here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Van Swanson.
Jose misses with a few strikes there.
Jose's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Van Swanson misses with a head kick.
Van Swanson throws a wild body kick that Jose sees coming a mile off.
Alex Van Swanson is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Swanson lands a high kick!
Jose throws a series of strikes that have Van Swanson backpedaling.
Van Swanson misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Jose. Those never looked like landing.
Van Swanson looks to score with a jab to the body but Jose is just out of range.
No joy there for Jose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jose throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jose misses with a combination
and Van Swanson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Van Swanson thows a body shot but no joy.
Van Swanson connects with an inside leg kick.
Jose smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jose throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Swanson tries to clinch but Jose moves out of range.
Van Swanson is looking to clinch but Jose is avoiding it.
Van Swanson misses with a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Jose.
Jose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Swanson circles away quickly and effectively.
Jose lands a two punch combo.
Van Swanson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jose misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Swanson lands with a kick to the temple. Jose shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jose falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Swanson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Swanson lands a jab to Jose's midsection.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Jose. Those never looked like landing.
Van Swanson digs a good body shot into Jose's ribs.
Jose is working the combinations to good effect here.
No joy there for Jose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Swanson.
A head kick from Van Swanson lands but Jose takes it in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jose takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jose scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Van Swanson throws a hook but Jose avoids it easily.
Jose misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Van Swanson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jose throws a series of punches but Van Swanson moves out of range.
Jose misses with a combination
and Van Swanson counters with a head kick. That will keep Jose thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Van Swanson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jose has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Swanson.
Jose checks a low kick from Van Swanson.
Jose swinging wildly here.
Jose takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Van Swanson has Jose up against the cage in a clinch.
Jose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jose takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Swanson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jose can't break the clinch.
Jose has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Van Swanson.
The referee is keeping an eye on Van Swanson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jose is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jose wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Swanson has him pressed against the cage.
Van Swanson tries to throw a body punch but Jose avoids it by throwing Van Swanson back against the cage.

Van Swanson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jose throws a series of punches but Van Swanson avoids them all with ease.
Van Swanson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Van Swanson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jose.
Jose avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Jose. Those never looked like landing.
Jose fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice body kick there by Van Swanson.
No joy there for Jose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jose misses with a wild combination.
Jose throws a hook but Van Swanson avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jose throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Swanson counters with a thumping low kick.

Van Swanson drives through and clinches with Jose against the cage.
Jose blocks a body shot from Van Swanson.
A frustrated look appears on Jose's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Van Swanson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Van Swanson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Jose misses.
Jose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Swanson moves away.
Van Swanson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick from Van Swanson lands but Jose takes it in his stride.
A combination from Jose does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jose misses with a few strikes there.
Jose looks to land a combination but Van Swanson avoids it well.
A combination from Jose does no damage.
Van Swanson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jose takes a step back to recover.
A jab from Van Swanson finds it's way through Jose's defenses.
Jose takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Swanson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jose looks to land a combination but Van Swanson avoids it well.
Van Swanson throws a nice looking combination but Jose bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jose throws a series of punches but Van Swanson moves out of range.
Van Swanson slips a jab and a cross from Jose.
Van Swanson tries to clinch but Jose moves out of range.
Jose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jose cracks Van Swanson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Van Swanson slips a jab and a cross from Jose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Swanson scores with a jab.
Jose throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Swanson.
Jose misses with a double jab

and Van Swanson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jose can't break the clinch.
Jose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Van Swanson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Swanson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jose. That did some damage!
Jose lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Swanson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Swanson misses with a hook. Jose ducked under it nicely.
Van Swanson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Isaac Jose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alex Van Swanson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jose throws a series of punches but Van Swanson avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Van Swanson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Swanson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Van Swanson!